HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Minor, out as head coach at Foard, says he will coach again

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Derrick Minor won’t return for a fourth season as head football coach at Fred T. Foard High but says he will coach again. “I don’t have an opportunity (currently) … but I hope so,” Minor said late Thursday afternoon, a day after he said he and Fred T. Foard administrators reached a “mutual decision” …

NORTHWESTERN 3A-4A: Cougars clip Hickory, finish second in conference

Hickory falls to 5-6, ties St. Stephens for third place HobbsDailyReport.com TAYLORSVILLE – Alexander Central High scored the game’s final 17 points – 15 of them in the fourth quarter — and beat visiting Hickory 31-17 on Thursday night to close the regular season and finish second in Northwestern 3A-4A football. The Cougars (9-2, 5-2) trailed 17-14 after a 23-yard …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Final regular season varsity standings

HobbsDailyReport.com VARSITY FOOTBALL STANDINGS (through games of Thursday, Nov. 8, final regular season) SOUTH FORK 2A                                                                              Conf.                       All                              PF               PA x-Bandys                                                            7-0                            10-1                         425                  183 N. Lincoln                                                        6-1                                 8-3                          306            235 W. Lincoln                                                       5-2                                  9-2                         392             113 Maiden                                                              4-3                 …

SOUTH FORK 2A: Maiden shuts out Lincolnton, heads to postseason for 23rd straight year

Blue Devils finish fourth in South Fork 2A, have now won at least 8 games in 42 seasons   HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Quarterback Bain Sipe hit Dylan Abernathy for the only touchdowns on Wednesday night – their seventh and eighth hookups of the season – as Maiden High nipped visiting Lincolnton 13-0 to close the regular season in South Fork …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Varsity standings through Wednesday’s games

HobbsDailyReport.com VARSITY FOOTBALL STANDINGS (through games of Wednesday, Nov. 7) SOUTH FORK 2A                                                                              Conf.                       All                              PF               PA x-Bandys                                                            7-0                            10-1                         425                  183 N. Lincoln                                                        6-1                                 8-3                          306            235 W. Lincoln                                                       5-2                                  9-2                         392             113 Maiden                                                              4-3                       …